The Socialist Party of Majorca ( ca, Partit Socialista de Mallorca, PSM; ), officially PSM–Entesa after the incorporation of

Entesa per Mallorca Entesa per Mallorca ( en, Agreement for Majorca, ExM), or Entesa, was a nationalist and progressist political party in Majorca. It was founded in 2006 by former members of the Socialist Party of Majorca (PSM) who disagreed with the creation of ...

(ExM) in February 2013, is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Majorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bal ...

, Spain. The PSM defines itself as

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...

environmentalist An environmentalist is a person who is concerned with and/or advocates for the protection of the environment. An environmentalist can be considered a supporter of the goals of the environmental movement, "a political and ethical movement that se ...

, and

Catalan nationalist Catalan nationalism is the ideology asserting that the Catalans are a distinct nation. Intellectually, modern Catalan nationalism can be said to have commenced as a political philosophy in the unsuccessful attempts to establish a federal state i ...

, from a Majorcan point of view.

Ideology

It advocates the

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and the freedom of the Balearic Islands, with social justice, to increase the identity and the

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of the

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. It also calls for a closer relationship with the other

Catalan Countries The Catalan Countries ( ca, països catalans, , ) refers to those territories where the Catalan language is spoken. They include the Spanish regions of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencian Community, Valencia, and parts of Aragon (''La F ...

, now forbidden to be achieved in a confederation of three

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by the

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(art.145). Therefore, its political ascription is a Majorcan political party, regionalist or

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- stateless nationalist,

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and democratic.

History

The PSM emerged from the Socialist Party of the Islands (PSI) in December 1977. Unlike most of the other Spanish socialist parties, the PSI refused to join the

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is a social-democraticThe PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources: * * * * political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in gov ...

(PSOE). In 1989, it strengthened an alliance with

Socialist Party of Menorca The Socialist Party of Menorca ( ca, Partit Socialista de Menorca, PSM or PSM-menorca) is a democratic socialist, environmentalist and Catalan nationalist political party in the island of Menorca, Balearic Isles, Spain.Anwen Elias ''Minority Natio ...

(PSMe) and Nationalist and Ecologist Agreement of Ibiza (ENE), gathering together other local progressive and nationalist parties. The name of the alliance was

Nationalist Left of the Balearic Islands Federation The Nationalist Left of the Balearic Islands Federation ( ca, Federació de l'Esquerra Nacionalista de les Illes Balears, es, Federación de la Izquierda Nacionalista de las Islas Baleares, FENIB), also known as Nationalist Left Federation, was ...

(EN), renamed in 1998 as

PSM–Nationalist Agreement The PSM–Nationalist Agreement ( ca, PSM–Entesa Nacionalista, PSM–EN) is a Democratic socialism, democratic socialist, Green politics, environmentalist and Catalan nationalism, Catalan nationalist political party of the Balearic Isles, Spain. ...

(PSM–EN). Its representation in the

Parliament of the Balearic Islands The Parliament of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: ''Parlament de les Illes Balears'') is the unicameral autonomous parliament of the Balearic Islands, one of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Parliament, composed of 59 elected seats, is l ...

was between 7% and 15% of the votes.Balearic Islands election results, Historiaelectoral.com
accessed 18 April 2011 Usually as an opposition party, PSM was part of the Government of the Island Council of Majorca from 1995 until 2003 and from 2007 until 2011, and of the Government of the Balearic Islands from 1999 until 2003 and from 2007 until 2011. In the 2004 general election, PSM took part in a coalition in the

Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands ( es, Islas Baleares ; or ca, Illes Balears ) are an archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is ...

with United Left (EUIB),

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(EV), and Republican Left (ERC), as

Progressives for the Balearic Islands Progressives for the Balearic Islands ( ca, Progressistes per les Illes Balears), or simply Progressives ( ca, Progressistes), was a Spanish Electoral alliance, party alliance formed by PSM–Nationalist Agreement, United Left (Spain), United Left ...

. This coalition obtained 40,289 votes (12%). However, no representation in the

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was obtained. In 2007, this coalition was enlarged, forming the new coalition

Bloc for Majorca The Bloc for Mallorca ( ca, Bloc per Mallorca, Bloc) was an electoral alliance in Mallorca formed by the Socialist Party of Mallorca, PSM–PSM–Nationalist Agreement, Nationalist Agreement, United Left of the Balearic Islands, United Left–Con ...

(Bloc). The coalition got 4 MPs (14%) in the Balearic Parliament (2 of them from the PSM). After negotiations, PSM and the other Bloc's parties decided to enter the autonomous government, with

Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands The Socialist Party of the Balearic Islands–PSOE ('' ca, Partit Socialista de les Illes Balears–PSOE'') is the regional branch in the Balearic Islands of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the main centre-left party in Spain since th ...

(PSIB) and

Majorcan Union Majorcan Union ( ca, Unió Mallorquina, UM; ) was a regional liberal party on the island of Majorca, Spain. It was founded in October 1982, as a nationalist continuation of the then disintegrating Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD). The main ...

(UM), leaving the People's Party (PP) in the opposition. In 2008, the party decided to change its allies for the

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to UM, ERC and ExM. The coalition refused to join with EUIB. However, 29% of the members wanted to follow the former alliance with EUIB and EV. Most of them were members of the PSM–Left Nationalist Youth. With less than 30,000 votes, no representation in the

was obtained. Also in 2008, the PSM became a full member of the

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(EFA). In 2011, the Bloc broke and the party decided to form an electoral coalition with

IniciativaVerds IniciativaVerds ( en, InitiativeGreens, IV) is a Balearic ecosocialist political party. IV is a part of the Més per Mallorca coalition. IV supports Equo at the Spanish level. IV was founded after ''Iniciativa d'Esquerres'' (Left-wing Initiativ ...

(IV) and ExM for the regional election. The coalition got 36,149 votes and 4 seats in the Parliament. Later that year, the coalition was enlarged by the addition of the new ecologist party

eQuo Greens Equo (and formerly Q or eQuo) is a Spanish political party founded on 4 June 2011, when 35 Spanish green parties agreed to merge into Equo. It began as a foundation on 24 September 2010 with the goal of becoming "the seed and source of deb ...

, and participated in the 2011 general election, getting 31,378 votes and no representation. In March 2016, Bel Busquets was elected Secretary General, in substitution of Biel Barceló. In December 2018, the party was "frozen" and its political activities were transferred to

Més per Mallorca Més per Mallorca ( en, More for Majorca, MÉS) is a Majorcan political coalition formed by Socialist Party of Majorca (PSM), IniciativaVerds (IV) and Entesa per Mallorca (ExM), as well as some small independent, local parties around the island. It ...

(Més).

Electoral performance

Parliament of the Balearic Islands

Congress of Deputies candidates

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

: Francesc Obrador (with the Unitat Socialista coalition) *

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

: Joan Perelló *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

: Mateu Morro *

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

: Enric Ribas *

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

: Sebastià Serra *

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

: Maria Antònia Vadell *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

: Cecili Buele *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

: Nanda Ramon (with the Progressistes per les Illes Balears coalition) *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: Pere Sampol (with the Unitat per les Illes coalition) *

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

: Miquel Ensenyat (with the PSM-IniciativaVerds-Entesa-EQUO coalition) *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

: Antoni Verger (

coalition) *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

: Antoni Verger (

Units Podem Més Units Podem Més ( en, "United We Can–More") was an electoral coalition formed by Podemos (Spanish political party), Podemos, United Left of the Balearic Islands and Més per Mallorca in May 2016 to contest the Spanish general election, 2016, 201 ...

coalition)

References

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